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Archives   2009

Myanmar   Health   Sciences   Research   Journal

Volume   21,  Number   2

TITLE:   Predictors of defaulting from anti-tuberculosis treatment in selected townships of Upper Myanmar.
AUTHOR:   Hla Soe Tint; Myitzu tin Oung; Bo Myint
SOURCE:   Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal. 2009; 21(2): 98-103
ABSTRACT:   Defaulting from tuberculosis (TB) treatment is one of the major barriers to its control. The cure rate and treatment completion rate can be improved if the predictors of defaulting behavior are known in advance. A case-control study was conducted in TB centers of selected townships of Upper Myanmar from August 2006 to July 2007 to investigate the predictors of defaulting from treatment. Total 400 patients (100 with defaulting behavior and 300 regular treatment takers) participated in this study. The significant predictors were age more than 25 years, migratory patients, poor patients, patients with risk behaviors, patients not received early health education, patients lived more than 5 kilometers from clinics, patients who had to travel more than 15 minutes to clinic, and bad social dealing of staff. The changeable factors like risk behavior of patients, giving adequate and timely health education and patients’ satisfaction with health services should be improved to reduce the default from anti-TB treatment.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:   Antitubercular Agents.
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